The Bedford Museum and Genealogical Library in Bedford, Virginia has collected many histories of local families. The Easter Collection, for example, contains a wealth of knowledge about Bedford County, Virginia ancestors.

Ackerly, Mary Denham and Lula Eastman Jeter Parker. Our Kin: The Genealogies of Some of the Early Families Who Made History in the Founding and Development of Bedford County, Virginia. Lynchburg, Va.: J.P. Bell Co., 1930. FHL Film 973275 Item 1.

[Bradfute] Heizer, Ruth Bradfute. Bradfute Beginnings: The Story of the Ancestors and Descendants of Robert Bradfute (1749-1816 ?) of Scotland and Virginia. Baltimore, Md.: Gateway Press, c1988. FHL Book 929.273 B727hb.

[Bradfute] Heizer, Ruth Bradfute. Bradfute Beginnings: The Story of the Ancestors and Descendants of Robert Bradfute (1749-1816?) of Scotland and Virginia. Knoxville, Tenn.: Tennessee Valley Pub., c2001. FHL Book 929.273 B727hb 2001.

[Bramlitt]Descendants of Dr. John Woodson from England to Virginia in 1619: Jane Woodson Married Ambrose Bramlitt, of Bedford County, Va. in 1768. n.d.

[Carter] Carter, Lennie Melvin. The Carter Family: The Genealogy and Family History of the Virginia Carters and Their Migration to Lawrence County, Kentucky. Baltimore, Md.: Gateway Press, c1992. FHL Book 929.273 C245ct.

[Daviess] Dunlap, Fayette. Joseph Hamilton Daviess: A Unique Kentucky Character for Whom This Indiana County was Named: Historical and Character Sketch. 1909. FHL Film 1435491.

[Davis] Davis, Thomas Edward. The Davis Family of Bedford County, Virginia, from 1698 to 1898. n.p.: T.E. Davis, 1898.

[Davis] Davis, Frederick Parker. Sketches of the Life and Character of Berryman Kenchin Davis, Major, 43d Missouri Volunteer Infantry in the Civil War and Circuit Attorney, Twelfth Judicial Court: Together with a Brief History of the Davis and Broyles Families and a Sketch of the Life of Joseph Jackson. Sioux City, Iowa: Perkins Bros., 1924. FHL Film 1011833 Item 3.

[Dierdorff]The Descendants of Anthony Dierdorff (Deardorff) Sr., of Germany and Germantown, Philadelphia Co., Pa. Later Generations Removed to York County, Pa., Bedford, Virginia and Ohio.

[Dooley] Dooley, Donald E. Dooleys of America: Being a Story of One Lineage of Dooleys - There Being Many Lineages - Dating from the 1740s in Virginia to the Present Date. Tacoma, Wash., 1986. FHL Book 929.273 D72da.

[Downing] Williams, Frank L. The Downing Family from Montgomery and Bedford Counties, Virginia, to Lincoln County, Missouri, by Way of Lincoln County, Kentucky. MSS., available at the Urbana Free Library, Illinois, and at FHL US/CAN Film 1024030 Item 17.

[Drake] Drake, Charles E. "The Drake Family of Ninety Six District and Abbeville County, South Carolina," The South Carolina Magazine of Ancestral Research, Vol. 29, No. 4 (Fall 2001):183-195. FHL Book 975.7 B2sc v. 29

[Early] Harper, Lillie DuPuy VanCulin. Colonial Men and Times: Containing the Journal of Col. Daniel Trabue, Some Account of His Ancestry, Life and Travels in Virginia and the Present State of Kentucky During the Revolutionary Period; the Huguenots, Genealogy, with Brief Sketches of the Allied Families. Philadelphia, Pa.: Innes & Sons, 1916. Digital version at Internet Archive; FHL Film 1421709 Item 2.

[Freeman] Hopkins, Garland Evans. Freeman Forbears: Being the History, Genealogy, Heraldy [sic], Homes and Traditions of the Family of Freeman and Related Families Originating in the Original Shires of James City and Charles River in Virginia. Va.: G.E. Hopkins, 1942. FHL Film 873158 Item 10.

[Hancock] Childs, J. Rives. "The Hancock Family of Lower Norfolk, Henrico, and Bedford Counties," The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 32, No. 4 (Oct. 1924):413-416. Available at FHL US/CAN Book 975.5 B2v; digital version at JSTOR $).

[Hancock] Bloore, Helen L. A Genealogical Record of the Descendants of Hancock-Cofer-Jones-Massie Families of Virginia and Kentucky. Glendale, Calif., n.d.

[Haynes] Strieby, Irene Macy, Frances Wales Haycock, and Mildred Hensley Homann. Brief Sketches of Henry Haynes, 1701-1784, William Haynes, 1727-1896, Richard Haynes, 1763-1850 a Father, Son and Grandson of Southside Virginia, Who Gave Aid to the American Colonies in the War of the Revolution, and Some of Their Descendants. Jacksonville, Fla.: n.p., 1964. FHL Book 929.273 H333s.

[Hubbard] Hubbard, Louisa Dexter and Sarah D. Clapp Hubbard. Life in Virginia in 1868: The Diary of Louisa Dexter Hubbard, Wife of Henry Hubbard Jr., in the First Year of the Family's Residence in Bedford County, Virginia. 1974.

[Hunter] Hunter, Walter Marvin. The Hunters of Bedford County, Virginia: Notes and Documents on the Family of James Hunter, Regulator Leader of North Carolina, Including Forebearers in Pennsylvania, Virginia, North Carolina, Louisiana and Texas. Cottonport, Louisiana: Polyanthos, 1973. Available at FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 H916hw.

[Kelley] Kelley, Carter Jerrel and E.A. Christian. Record of Carter Jerrel Kelley - Commenced in A.D. 1854 (A.L. 5854): In Which May Be Found a Brief Notice of His Ancestry As Far As Known and Also Notice of the Family of His Wife, Paulina Haynes Kelley, with Some Account of Their Own Family and Names of Their Children, with Some Reminiscences, Written for the Use of His Children and When Father and Mother Shall Be No More. pre-1915; reprint, Hartford, Ky.: McDowell Publications, 1979. FHL Book 929.273 K287kc.

[Leftwich] Weaver, Oliver C. Captain John Leftwich of Bedford County, Virginia, and Oglethorpe County, Georgia (Died Feb. 26, 1797): And Allied Hammett and Reynolds Families of Wilkes, Oglethorpe, and Greene Counties, Georgia with Connecting Links to Barge and Reynolds Families of Butler and Wilcox Counties, Alabama. Birmingham, Alabama: Oliver C. Weaver Jr., 1996. Book available at FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 L523w 1996 and FHL US/CAN Film 1598479 Item 4; digital book available at Family History Archives.

[Long] Long, Robert S. Long Family: From Virginia to Kentucky and Eventually Missouri, 1749-Present. Independence, Mo.: R.S. Long, 1980s. FHL Book 929.273 L85Lrs.

[Martin] Sycamore, Karen Martin. The Descendants of Samuel H. Martin: Born About 1812 of Lynchburg, Virginia, Died About 1867 in Clay County, Kentucky, Includes Research on the Rogers, Hornsby, Barrett, Davidson Families of Clay County, Kentucky. Placentia, Cali.: Creative Continuum , c2001. Digital version at Family History Archives; FHL Book 929.273 M365s.

[Moseley] Stevenson, Estelle Moseley. George Cabell Moseley of Ingleside, Bedford County, Virginia and His Mother Elizabeth Winston Moseley: A Compilation of Family History and Genealogy. Typescript, copy in possession of Sara Gregory Slaydon, Deland, Florida, 1960. Available at FHL US/CAN Film 1421971 Item 8.

[Nance] Nance, George W. The Nance Memorial: A History of the Nance Family in General, But More Particularly of Clement Nance of Pittsylvania County, Virginia and Descendants, Containing Historical and Biographical Records with Family Lineage. Bloomington, Ill.: J.E. Burke, 1904. Digital versions at Ancestry ($); Google Books; Internet Archive; also available on film: FHL Film 1011835 Item 3.

[Page] Page, Richard Channing Moore. Genealogy of the Page Family in Virginia. Also a Condensed Account of the Nelson, Walker, Pendleton and Randolph Families, With References to the Bland, Burwell, Byrd, Carter, Cary, Duke, Gilmer, Harrison, Rives, Thornton, Wellford, Washington, and Other Distinguished Families in Virginia. New York: Press of the Publishers' Printing Co., 1893. Available at FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 P141pb and FHL US/CAN Film 459634 Item 2; digital version at Google Books.

[Trigg] Stevenson, Estelle Moseley. George Cabell Moseley of Ingleside, Bedford County, Virginia and His Mother Elizabeth Winston Moseley: A Compilation of Family History and Genealogy. Typescript, copy in possession of Sara Gregory Slaydon, Deland, Florida, 1960. Available at FHL US/CAN Film 1421971 Item 8.

[Uhl] Uhles, John Frederick. Uhls Family History, A Genealogy of Johann Michael Uhl: A Summary of the Direct Line from Johann Michael Uhl to John McMurray Uhls with All Descendents of John McMurray Uhls to Current Generation. Ouray, Colo.: J.F. Uhles, 1994. Digital version at Family History Archives; FHL Book 929.273 Uh6uj.

[Vincent] Murphy, Nathan W. Early Families of Muhlenberg County, Kentucky: Vincent, Wright, McElwain, Wilkins and Jarvis; Historical Information and Sources for more than 2,000 Descendants of Charles Vincent, William Wright, George McElwain, John Wilkins, and John Jarvis, Whose Numerous Progenitors Make Up a Large Portionof the Present Population of Muhlenberg County. Hanson, Ky.: David W. Murphy & Associates, 1999. Available at FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 V743m; publisher's bookstore: David W. Murphy Books.

[Wade] Wade, Thomas J. The Name and Family of Wade: and a History of the Richard Wade Family, Their Ancestors and Descendants. Franklin, Ky.: T.J. Wade, 1900s. FHL Book 929.273 W119wt.

[Wright] Wright, Jay B. Joseph and Elizabeth Wright of Bedford County, Virginia, and Columbiana County, Ohio. DeWitt, New York, 1974. Available at FHL US/CAN Film 962970 Item 3; digital book available at Ancestry ($).

[Wright] Wright, Pauline Williams. The Wright Book: Worthy Heritage, Enduring Challenge; Being the History of Someof the Descendants of John Wright, 1745-1814, Bedford County, Virginia. Baltimore, Maryland: Gateway Press, 1974. Available at FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 W933w and FHL US/CAN Fiche 6111032.

[Wright] Grant, Robert N. Wright Family Records, Land Tax Lists, Bedford County, Virginia, 1782 to 1850: Revised as of December 2, 1999. Bowie, Maryland: Heritage Books, 2000. Available at FHL 929.273 W93gL; purchase at Heritage Books.

[Wright] Grant, Robert N. Sorting Some of the Wrights of Southern Virginia: Part 1: 1763 Thomas Wright of Bedford County, His Wife Mary (_____) Wright, and their Descendants. 6 vols. Menlo Park, California: R.N. Grant, 2003. Available at FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 W93grs.

[Yates] Carpenter, Evelyn Yates. John Yates, 1712-1779, and His Descendants to 1989: Includes the History and Genealogy of John Yates, Virginia and North Carolina; This Includes the Family History and the Genealogical Outline of John Yates' Children to 1989; Included is a Thorough Genealogical Outline of John Yates' 2nd Son, Thomas Yates, and His Children. Clarksville, Tenn.: Jostens, 1989. FHL Book 929.273 Y27c.

[Yocham] Orcutt, Joel Thomas. Our Yocham Family: Genealogy and History of the Family of Jacob and Sarah Yoakum: Including the Families Yocham, Yochum, Yocum, and Yoakum of Northern Arkansas and Southern Missouri. Terlton, Okla.: J.T. Orcutt, c2006. FHL Book 929.273 Y72o.